Jackson Pollock gets the big stone while his wife Lee Krasner gets the small one in Green River Cemetery in Springs

Springs is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the hamlet population was 4,950. Springs, along with the rest of East Hampton, boasts some of the world's most valuable residential real estate. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 2598 KB) Summary Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner stones in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New York Photo taken by poster in May 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 2598 KB) Summary Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner stones in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New York Photo taken by poster in May 2006. ... Pollocks One: Number 31, 1950 solely occupies an entire wall at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. ... Jackson Pollock gets the big stone and Lee Krasner gets the small stone in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New York Lee Krasners painting Cool White (1959) Lee Krasner (October 27, 1908 - June 19, 1984) was an influential abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th Century. ... Jackson Pollock gets the big stone while his wife Lee Krasner gets the small stone at Green River Cemetery Green River Cemetery is cemetery in Springs, New York in East Hampton (town), New York. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... NY redirects here. ... The South Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Islands Atlantic Ocean shoreline. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... East Hampton is the name of some places in the United States of America: East Hampton, Connecticut East Hampton, New York - Town of East Hampton East Hampton, New York - Village of East Hampton These should not be confused with places named Easthampton. ...

Springs is in the Town of East Hampton. The town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York and is the easternmost town on the South Shore of Long Island. ...

Geography

Springs is located at 41°1′31″N, 72°9′31″W (41.025238, -72.158499)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamlet has a total area of 23.9 km² (9.2 mi²). 21.9 km² (8.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (8.24%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

History

Springs is known in art circles as the cradle of the absract expressionist art movement, including the base of operations for artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, John Ferren, and Randy Rosenthal. Many important writers live or have lived in or near Springs including Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Nora Ephron, John Steinbeck. Pollocks One: Number 31, 1950 solely occupies an entire wall at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. ... Willem de Koonings Woman V (1952-53), National Gallery of Australia Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirist author. ... Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey) is an American novelist. ... Nora Ephron Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. ... John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) is one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. ...

In recent years, local writers like Martin Drew and many other citizens, enjoy writing "Letters to the Editors" via local newspaper companys that offer space to these local writers to express freely their thoughts on a wide variety of subjects that affect the community as a whole. The venue to express oneself through writing is considered priceles by these locals. Martin Drew (born February 11, 1944 in Northampton) is an English jazz drummer. ...

Artists and Writers were attracted to Springs because of its rural nature, despite being within 100 miles of New York City, and because housing prices "north of the Montauk Highway" on the bay side of the East Hampton peninsula have traditionally been lower than those closer to the Atlantic Ocean. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Montauk Highway is one of the original through highways of Long Island, New York, extending from Jamaica, Queens to Montauk Point, Long Island, a distance of approximately 100 miles (~160 km). ... A peninsula in Croatia A peninsula (from the latin words paene insula, almost island) is a geographical landform consisting of an extension of a body of land from a larger body of land, surrounded by water on three sides. ...

This has created a blue collar atmosphere of support people for the mansions closer to the ocean. Locals are referred to as "Bonackers" which comes from Accabonac Harbor in Springs. East Hampton High School has adopted the Bonacker name for its sports teams. No other school uses the nickname. A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... Bonackers is the nickname for natives of East Hampton (town), New York. ...

The main roads connecting Springs to East Hampton are Springs-Fireplace Road, and Three Mile Harbor Road. Jackson Pollock died in a car crash on Springs-Fireplace Road in 1956.

Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner are buried in Green River Cemetery. Pollock's grave is marked by a large glacial erratic stone on top of a hill, Krasner's by a small stone lower on the hill. Since Pollock's burial numerous other writers and artists have been buried in the cemetery joining the locals. Jackson Pollock gets the big stone and Lee Krasner gets the small stone in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New York Lee Krasners painting Cool White (1959) Lee Krasner (October 27, 1908 - June 19, 1984) was an influential abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th Century. ... Jackson Pollock gets the big stone while his wife Lee Krasner gets the small stone at Green River Cemetery Green River Cemetery is cemetery in Springs, New York in East Hampton (town), New York. ... A Glacial erratic is a piece of rock carried by glacial ice some distance from the rock outcrop from which it came. ...

The Pollock-Krasner House on Fireplace Road is owned by State University of New York at Stony Brook and is open for tours by appointment. It includes an external studio shed where dried paint from Pollock's projects is splattered on the floor and evokes Pollock's most famous works. The neighborhood around it is a historic district in the National Register of Historic Places. Stony Brook University (SBU), also known as the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York (on the north side of Long Island, about 65 miles east of Manhattan, New York). ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Fireplace Road gets its name from fireplaces at its terminus that were used to signal the residents of Gardiners Island that supplies were ready to be picked up. Gardiners Island Gardiners Island is a small island, approximately 5 sq mi (13 km²) in eastern Suffolk County in the U.S. state of New York. ...

Springs derives its name from a spring that fed a small creek going into the harbor.

Landmarks

• Green River Cemetery
• Pollock-Krasner House
• Ashawagh Hall
• Charles Parsons Blacksmith Building
• Springs General Store
• Pussy's Pond Park
• Barnes's Country Store

Jackson Pollock gets the big stone while his wife Lee Krasner gets the small stone at Green River Cemetery Green River Cemetery is cemetery in Springs, New York in East Hampton (town), New York. ...

Demographics

Springs map by the United States Census

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,950 people, 1,924 households, and 1,252 families residing in the hamlet, although the actual population may be closer to 10,000. The population density was 225.9/km² (584.8/mi²). There were 3,878 housing units at an average density of 177.0/km² (458.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the hamlet was 89.82% White, 1.47% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.45% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.86% from other races, and 3.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.24% of the population. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 1,924 households out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.08. “Matrimony” redirects here. ...

In the hamlet the population was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

The median income for a household in the hamlet was $57,038, and the median income for a family was $66,607. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $32,107 for females. The per capita income for the hamlet was $29,910. About 6.7% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

External links

• Official Pollock-Krasner house site
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